Everybody clear? A defibrillator tutorial video
As a follow up to today's breakout sessions here is our defibrillator tutorial. It is always helpful to review a critical piece of equipment before actually needing it on a real patient.
First step Jeopardy! Next step treatment recommendations
IBM's Watson supercomputer "can read all of the world's medical journals in less time than it takes a physician to drink a cup of coffee" notes Jon Gertner from Fast Company. Physicians at Sloan-Kettering in New York have spent the past six months 'teaching' treatment guidelines to Watson - soon they're going to turn it loose on real patients via a [...]
You may soon be able to use your iPhone to diagnose otitis media
At Emory University researchers are working on the Remotoscope, an accessory that turns the iPhone into an otoscope. Is this something that you would use in clinical practice if it were to become widely available? What features would it need to have to make it a viable product? Are there any applications for educating trainees?
Check out this excellent review of Emergency Medicine focused ultrasound resources
The folks over at Life in the Fast Lane, and excellent emergency medicine focused blog have highlighted multiple free online ultrasound based resources. If you're at all interested in the use of ultrasound in the ED you should check it out. Ultrasound in EM
Briefs: Thoughts about abdominal X-Rays in intussusception
A two year old male presents with intermittent episodes of abdominal pain that last for 20 minutes each. In between he is fine - in fact he is tearing up a book in your office/urgent care/ED. He's probably constipated you think to yourself. But my consulted Dr. Google - plus you can't get that one kid from last year out [...]
Ever wondered what a CT scanner looked like on the inside?
Just thought you'd all be interested in seeing what a CT scanner looks like on the inside - sort of justifies the cost of imaging (mostly)... http://gizmodo.com/5939340/this-is-how-a-medical-scanner-looks-without-its-skin
Get a head start on Friday’s case presentation by checking out this chest XRay
In anticipation of this Friday's case presentation here's the chest XRay of interest. The pertinent details are as follows; 6 week old infant, tachypneic and vomiting after all feeds. Take a look at the image, and carefully consider what's going on here. We'll talk more about it on Friday.
